Dow Jones Futures 11/19/08 - Stock Market Futures

11/19/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, November 19th, 2008, the Stock Market and Dow Jones Futures are pointing lower this morning after a nice close yesterday. The Dow Jones Futures are lower by 76, the Nasdaq Futures down 6, and the S&P 500 Futures down 7. Check out my DJIA Technical Analysis chart I made a day ago . I will still be following this Dow Jones Chart until we break out of this current range. After yesterdays nice close, I think you could get another swing of buying today at some point today. Libor Rates changed today!

Asian Markets - European Markets 11-19-08

The Asian and European Markets were weak last night. The FTSE 100 was down 68.07 points, or 1.6 percent, at 4,140.48, while Germany's DAX was 34.09 points, or 0.7 percent, lower at 4,545.38. The CAC-40 in France was down 40.76 points, or 1.3 percent, at 3,176.64.
In Asia, the Nikkei 225 average fell 55 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,273.22 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.8 percent to 12,815.80.

Stocks to Watch today: 11-19-08
Biggest Gainers
LDK Solar ( LDK ) - some nice earnings out of this company

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Dow Jones Futures 11/18/08 - Stock Market

11/18/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, November 18th, 2008, the Stock Market and Dow Jones Futures are pointing much lower this morning. If the Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures stay this low, they will be gapping below the Oct 27th close of 8176. The Dow Jones Futures are lower by 145, the Nasdaq Futures down 28, and the S&P 500 Futures down 17. Check out my DJIA Technical Analysis chart I made last night. I will see how we open and adjust my portfolio from there. On a down note, if you follow Jim Cramer CNBC Mad Money, he said last night he thinks we are going much lower. There are just no buyers up here.

Asian Markets - European Markets 11-18-08

The Asian and European Markets were weak last night. The FTSE 100 index was down 63.37 points, or 1.5 percent, at 4,069.79, while Germany's DAX was 64.85, or 1.4 percent, lower at 4,492.42. The CAC-40 in France was down 47.79, or 1.5 percent, at 3,134.24.
In Asia, the Nikkei 225 stock average fell again by 194.17 points, or 2.3 percent to 8,328.41. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index sunk 4.5 percent to 13,131.23.

Stocks to Watch today: 11-18-08

Biggest Gainers

It will be interesting to see if we test below 8000 again and whether the bulls can show up for the 4th straight time. Something just doesn't seem right, these rallies keep failing. I will be watching some of the big cap tech stocks today such as Apple ( AAPL ) to see if that stock can hold $86 which has been key support. I'm looking for a statement out of Baidu.com ( BIDU ) to clarify the bad press it got over the weekend. From what I read, that could be coming out today. Yahoo's ( YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang finally stepped down, Yahoo stock is up in pre market.

UPDATE: Hewlett Packard ( HPQ ) out with great earnings of $1.03 vs $1.00 and is raising guidance for 2009. Stocks are now going up

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Stock Market Futures 11/14/08 - Dow Jones Futures

11/14/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, November 14th, 2008, after an amazing reversal yesterday, the stock market futures are pointing toward a lower open. The Dow Jones Futures are down 93, Nasdaq Futures Down 13, and the S&P 500 Futures are lower by 9. This weekend there is the G20 meeting and I think Wall Street is looking for something to come out of this meeting. Bob Doll was just on cnbc saying he believes we are in a bottoming process and he thinks yesterdays retest was successful and it happened with some decent volume.

Asian Markets - European Markets 11/14/08

The FTSE 100 index was up 146.04 points, or 3.5 percent, at 4,315.25, Germany's DAX rallied 163.52 points, or 3.5 percent, to 4,813.04, and the CAC-40 in France was 85.85 points, or 2.6 percent, higher at 3,355.30. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 index went up 223.75 to 8462 and the Hang Seng rose 321.31, or 2.4 percent, to 13,542.66.

Biggest Gainers 11/14/08

Stocks to Watch today: I will be watching the markets to see if we can build on these gains and not get a big correction. The QQQQ went back to resistance of $30.25 and closed over this level and while this is bullish, I will now look for a close over $30.70 which was Tuesday's high.

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Dow Jones Futures 11/12/08 - Stock Market Futures

11/12/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, November 12th, 2008, the Stock Market and Dow Jones Futures are down slightly after Asian and European markets traded lower. Libor Rates have continued to retreat and Oil prices dipped below $59 to $58.50. Key stocks to watch for a stock market bounce are General Motors ( GM ) and Goldman Sachs ( GS ). If these two stocks can start to bounce, so will the stock market. General Motors is bidding $3.40 this morning which would be 16% higher from yesterdays close. The Futures were higher but Best Buy just warned on same store sales for the rest of 2008.

Futures Markets 11/12/08:

Dow Jones Futures: Down 80
Nasdaq Futures: Down 14
S&P 500 Futures: Down 9

Asian Markets - European Markets 11/12/08

Japan's Nikkei was down 1.3 percent at 8695.51 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed 0.7 percent lower at 13,939.09. The FTSE 100 was 0.2 percent lower at 4238.34 points, while Germany's DAX was down 0.1 percent at 4755.42. In France, the CAC 40 was flat at 3338.73.

Biggest Gainers - Pre Market - November 12th, 2008

General Motors ( GM ) $3.40 up 16.44%

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Dow Jones Futures 11/11/08 - Stock Market Futures

11/11/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, November 11th, 2008, the Stock Market and Dow Jones Futures are down moderately after Asian and European markets traded lower. Libor Rates have continued to retreat and Oil prices dipped below $60 at one point for the first time this year. Key stocks to watch for a stock market bounce are General Motors ( GM ) and Goldman Sachs ( GS ). If these two stocks can start to bounce, so will the stock market.

Futures Markets 11/11/08:

Dow Jones Futures: Down 110
Nasdaq Futures: Down 13
S&P 500 Futures: Down 11

Asian Markets - European Markets 11/11/08

The FTSE 100 index dropped 70.43 points, or 1.6 percent, at 4,333.49, while Germany's DAX was 101.08 points, or 2.0 percent, lower at 4,924,45. France's CAC-40 index was 67.87 points, or 1.9 percent, lower at 3,437.88.The Nikkei 225 index fell 272.13 points, or 3 percent, to 8,809.30, while the Hang Seng benchmark in Hong Kong lost 703.73 points, or 4.8 percent, to 14,040.90

Biggest Gainers Pre Market - 11/11/08

I continue to watch Las Vegas Sands ( LVS ) for pops with volume like we saw yesterday. Look for breaks through the highs of the day. I also will be watching Stem Cells ( STEM ) as it got close to $2.53 yesterday.

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Dow Jones Futures - 11/05/08 - Stock Market Report

Pre Market Stock Trading Report: 11/05/08

Today, November 5th, 2008, the Stock Market and Dow Jones Futures are pointing lower this morning, the day after the United States has voted in Barack Obama as the next President of the United States of America. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJIA ) Futures are down 68 points, S&P 500 Futures are down 13 points, and the Nasdaq is down 13 points today. It will be interesting to see what happens today as we have had a huge run in the stock markets over the past week. Will the Dow Jones continue to go up? Here was my technical chart over the weekend. We are very close to breaking 9794, but will we have enough left to break through that level?


Asian Markets - European Markets 11/05/08

European Stock Markets opened lower following the news that Barack Obama was going to be our next President. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 122.43 points, or 2.6 percent, at 4,517.07, while Germany's DAX was 110.15 points, or 2.1 percent, lower at 5,167.89. The CAC-40 in France was 101.10 points, or 2.7 percent, lower at 3,589.99.

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose 4.5 percent to 9,521.24, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index went up 3.2 percent to 14,840.16. This was mainly due to the strong Yen currency.

Stocks to Watch today: November 5th, 2008

MasterCard ( MA ) & Visa ( V ) - I continue to watch these two stocks after Jim Cramer mentioned them yesterday calling for MasterCard to hit $180 in the next 48 hours.

Ambac ( ABK ) is falling this morning because after reporting an earnings loss of $8.45 per share.

CIT Group ( CIT ) - As I mentioned yesterday in the low $5's, watch this stock closely. It broke out to the upside right before the close and actually was trading at $6.80 in after hours last night. The stock has great volume and news so keep it on your watch lists.

Las Vegas Sands ( LVS ) & Hartford Financial ( HIG ) - Watch these two stocks, I only like them if they break through the highs of the day after 9:45am Est.

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Dow Futures 11/04/08 - Stock Market Report

11/04/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, November 4th, 2008, the Dow Futures and Stock Market's are set to jump higher as we get set to pick the next President today at the voting polls. On the morning of the Election, the Dow Jones Futures are surging 220 points, the S&P 500 is set to open 23 points higher, and the Nasdaq is up 32.50 points on the morning of 11/04. Libor Rates fell for the 6th straight session yesterday and there are more signs coming out that the credit markets are finally thawing. Don't forget Art Cashin's S&P 500 targets to watch.

Asian Markets - European Markets 11/04/08

Japan's Nikkei, spiked 537 points, or 6.3 percent, to 9,114.60 after being closed Monday. The FTSE 100 index was 0.49 points, or 0.01 percent, higher at 4,443.77, while Germany's DAX was up 21.59 points, or 0.4 percent, at 5,048.43. France's CAC-40 was 23.82 points, or 0.7 percent, higher at 3,551.79.

Stocks to Watch today: 11/04/08

I will be watching Hartford Financial ( HIG) as this stock has major momentum and volume, Las Vegas Sands ( LVS ) for any dip or strength. LVS has solid support at $12 so any breakdown through this would be bearish.

MasterCard ( MA ) - MasterCard came out with great earnings last night and the stock has traded into the mid $150's in after hours last night. This took Visa ( V ) up with it. Watch these two stocks.

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Dow Futures 11/03/08 - Stock Market Report

11/03/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, November 3rd, 2008, the Dow Jones and other Stock Market futures are pointing to a positive opening after the close on Friday. The Dow Jones Futures are up 52 points, the Nasdaq Futures are up 2 points, and the S&P 500 Futures are down 4.5 points.

Asian Markets - European Markets

The Nikkei was closed last night due to celebration of Culture Day in Japan. European markets were up last night in hopes the European Central Bank & Bank of England will cut interest rates.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 19.95 points, or 0.5 percent, at 4,397.29. France's CAC-40 was up 28.04 points, or 0.8 percent, at 3,515.11. Germany's DAX was up 64.60 points, or 1.3 percent, at 5,052.5. The Hang Seng climbed 375.70, or 2.7 percent, to 14,344.37.

Stocks to Watch Today - Monday, Nov 3rd, 2008

Las Vegas Sands ( LVS ) - I continue to trade LVS as it continues to have the volatility and the volume. You can day trade this one all week most likely. I will try to get an updated technical chart up on LVS today.

Dry Ships ( DRYS ) - Drys reported earnings this morning of $3.53 per share. I wasn't expecting these earnings for awhile so i'm not sure if they pre released them. Anyway, the market is bidding $20 per share so I think the news is priced in. Baltic Shipping rates have tanked over the past few months hitting these bulk shipping stocks.

Baidu.com ( BIDU ) - Keep an eye on this stock today, they are announcing a big 200million share buyback this morning. Shares are up 3% in pre market.

AIG - AIG is up 4.75% this morning on light volume

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Dow Jones Futures 10/31/08 - Stock Market Futures

10/31/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, October 31st, 2008, the Dow Jones Futures and the Stock Market Futures are pointing lower as the Asian Markets failed to stage a 4th rally and headed lower. The Dow Jones Futures are indicating a down move of 100, the Nasdaq Futures are lower by 24, and the S&P 500 Futures are down 9 points. We had a big move up the US markets yesterday after a better then expected GDP number. Our economy only shrank by 0.3% vs estimates of -0.60% or even -1%.

Asian Markets - European Markets - 10/31/08

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 5% to 8,576.98 over worries about earnings. Investor sold shares after the previous day's 10 percent rise and ahead of a three-day weekend in Japan. They didn't react much to the Bank of Japan's rate cut, which was widely expected.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng dove 2.5 percent to 13,968.67 after spiking 12.8% in Thursday's trading.
European markets opened lower, with Britain's FTSE 100 index down 1.9 percent and Germany's DAX down 1.2 percent.

Stocks to Watch today:

Biggest Gainers in Pre Market Trading

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Stock Market 10/29/08 - Dow Jones Futures - October 29th, 2008

10/29/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, October 29th, 2008, the stock market and Dow Jones Futures are pointing slightly down coming off of the second biggest point gain in the markets in history yesterday. The Dow Futures are down 45, the Nasdaq Futures are down 11, and the S&P 500 Futures are down 8 points this morning. Oil is rising big this morning, up $3.20 to $66.09. At 2:15pm today, there will be a Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The market is expecting a half of point cut and it should already be priced into the market.

Asian Markets - European Markets 10/29/08

The Nikkei followed our markets yesterday and exploded higher for the second straight day. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 589.98 points, or 7.7 percent, to 8,211.90 after the dollar rebounded against the yen overnight, this eases pressure on exporters. In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 index popped about 5 percent and France's CAC-40 was up more than 6 percent. Germany's DAX, which surged more than 10 percent in Tuesday trading, fell back nearly 2 percent.

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Stock Market 10/28/08 - Dow Jones Futures - October 28th, 2008

10/28/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, October 24th, 2008, the stock market is set to open a lot higher then yesterday. The Dow Jones Futures and all stock market futures are up due to what the asian markets did below. The Dow Jones futures in pre market are Up 140 points, Nasdaq futures Up 30 points, and the S&P 500 futures are Up 20 points.

The stock market is headed for a great open today but the question is, how long will it last? We really tanked in the last five minutes yesterday, 10/27/08, and the futures aren't reflecting what the Nikkei and the Hang Send did last night just yet. Keep an eye on the QQQQ, if we break out through $30.25 I think these markets will soar! It will be the first time the QQQQ puts in a new high for the past week. The QQQQ is basically buying the Nasdaq 100 in a stock.

Asian Markets - European Markets 10/28/08

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 14.4 percent last night, its biggest gain in 11 years -- to 12,596.29, a day after plunging more than 12 percent. South Korea's Kospi jumped 5.6 percent to 999.16.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index spiked 459.02 points, or 6.4 percent, to 7,621.92 after it failed early below 7,000 at one point. Most European market were about around 4% each.

Events Today: Today we have an FOMC meeting at 2:15pm Est. The Federal Reserve decides whether or not to cut interest rates.

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Stock Market 10/27/08 - Dow Jones Futures - October 27th, 2008

10/27/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, October 27th, 2008, the Dow Jones Futures and all stock market futures for that matter are headed much lower. The Dow Jones Futures in pre market are Down 330 points, Nasdaq Futures, Down 51 points, S&P 500 Futures, Down 40 points.

The stock market is headed for another scary open today, 10/27/08, and it all started last night in the Asian and European stock markets. The Hang Seng stock market was down 12.7% and the Nikkei tumbled another 6.4% to hit a 26 year low. Click here for Fridays Analysis

Asian Markets - European Markets
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index closed down 6.4 percent to 7,162.90 -- the lowest since October 1982. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 12.7 percent to 11,015.84, its lowest close in more than four years and biggest daily decline since 1991.

European markets followed Asia lower, with benchmarks in Britain, Germany and France trading down more than 4 percent in early trading. The FTSE 100 index was 190.31 points, or 4.9 percent, lower at 3,693.05, while Germany's DAX was down 182.81 points, or 4.3 percent, at 4,112.86. France's CAC-40 was the worst performing European index, down 184.65 points, or 5.8 percent, at 3,009.14.
Oil is down $1.78 to $62.37

Stock Market 10/24/08 - Dow Jones Futures October 24th, 2008

10/24/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, October 24th, 2008, we have a bit of a problem in the stock market today regarding the futures. There has been some huge losses in the Asian markets as you will see below and this has caused the Dow futures to be down over 550 and the SP 500 futures to be down over 60 points. The futures have been frozen unless they go up. Known as a limit down, meaning the circuit breaker has been hit because of the steep decline. The stock market futures cannot go any lower in pre market, but it can at the open. The futures can go higher if they want to. This could get interesting today!

Asian Markets - European Markets

The increasingly grim outlook convinced investors that the world economy is headed for a long and severe downturn.
Japan's Nikkei stock market fell 9.60 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 was down 5.95 percent, Germany's DAX index was down 9.38 percent, and France's CAC-40 was down 7.35 percent

Stocks to Watch today:

The stocks that short the overall stock market are up huge in pre market trading. Those would be QID, SRS, SKF, DUG.

RIMM is currently at $42.50 - Apple ( AAPL ) is looking to open at $90 - Google ( GOOG ) $323

Stock Market 10/23/08 - Pre Market Trading - Potash ( POT ) Earnings, Futures

This morning, Thursday, 10/23/08, the stock market futures are pointing slightly down and Oil is up $1.25 to $68 dollars per barrel.

European stock markets were lower Thursday after Japan's Nikkei index closed at a five-year low and Wall Street's Dow Jones index ended down nearly 6 percent Wednesday over mounting recession fears.

Britain's FTSE 100 index was down 35.24 points, or 0.9 percent, at 4,005.65, while Germany's DAX was 77.34 points, or 1.7 percent, at 4,493.73. The CAC-40 in France was 34.01 points, or 1.0 percent, lower at 3,264.17.

Earlier Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average tumbled 7 percent at the open but recovered to close down 2.5 percent at 8,460.98, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was down 4.7 percent at 13,603 after falling more than 6 percent earlier. South Korea's market was down more, as the benchmark Kospi fell nearly 10 percent at one point but closed down 7.5 percent at 1,049.71.

Stock to Watch 10/23/08

Potash ( POT ) - Potash beat earnings by .36...coming in with $3.93 per share. Revenues were 3.06 Billion. They expect business to continue to be strong ( Unlike Mosaic ( MOS ) )
Potash ( POT ) shares up up $4 or 6% to $71 in pre market on the NYSE.

Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) net income rose 48% amid continuing popularity of its free shipping service, but the online retailing giant disappointed investors with a tepid outlook for the fourth quarter. AMZN shares are trading at $43 or down 14% in pre market 10/23

Amgen ( AMGN ) reported some outstanding earnings last night.....shares of AMGN are set to open up 5% higher to $52 per share.

Pre Market Trading - Stock Market 10/20/08 - Libor Rates Declining

Today, 10/20/08, The stock market futures are pointing higher so far in pre market trading. Asian and Europe stock markets rose nicely last night. The Nikkei was up 3.6% and the Hang Send was up 5.3% last night in active stock trading.

Libor rates have been coming down a bit helping to boost the overseas markets. Even Europe opened a lot stronger last night. It look like it will be a strong day for the US stock markets. Oil is hitting $74 this morning , up $2 per barrel mounting talk that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) will cut production at the end of this week in an attempt to shore up prices that have fallen by 50 percent in three months.

Stocks to Watch Today - Ambac ( ABK ) & Cit Group ( CIT )

These two stocks were very active on Friday and up huge. There is no reason to think that will let up today with a strong stock market. You could really see some nice gains in these stocks.

Earnings today 10/20/08 - American Express ( AXP ) , SanDisk ( SNDK ) , Netflix ( NFLX )

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